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C c: J u li e W a l t

e r s

, S u s an

_ P _J ones

S he ll e y,

I l e ft a v / m ms g w i t h S he ll e y t

h i s m o r n t

o r e c on f i rm ou r m t

g t o m o rr ow 10

- 11 : 30 (P a c i f

i c)

. A po l og i e s f

o r my

de l a y i n ge tt

i ng y ou my c o m pa r i s on r e v i ew o f t

he Av ena l r

ed li ne and ou r

/ EPA s u mm a ry t

ab l e o f

c o mm en t

s

. T he r e a r e 3 a tt a c h m en t s t o t h i s e m a il:

1 ) My r e v i ew & c o m pa r i s on o f Av ena l 's r ed li ne u s i ng t

he EPA O c t

obe r s u mm a ry t

ab l e (s ee s u mm a ry

be l ow f o r " c o l o r / s had i ng c ode ".

2 ) O u r o r i g i na l t

ab l e (s en t i n O c t

obe r) WIT H O U T t

he c o l o r / s hade c od i ng

- e m a il d i r e c t l y be l ow.

3 ) Av ena l 's r

ed li ne

- i n i t

i a l e m a il i n t

h i s t h r ead.

S U MMA R Y : T he Av ena l r ed li ne appea rs t

o i n c l ude a ll t

ho s e i t e ms t ha t we r e p r epa r ed i n t he EPA

O c t obe r S u mm a ry T ab l e

, a s Av ena l had f o r wa r ded t o U S FW S

. Howe v e r

, i t i s un c l ea r whe t he r

s ub s equen t d i sc u ss i on s ( e

. g

., Av ena l c hoo s i ng no l onge r t o pu rs ue r

e v i s i on ) a r

e i n c l uded i n t

he r ed li ne

v e rs i on

. (As a f

o r e x a m p l e

, s ee r

e f e r en c e t o IT EM L unde r t

he " y e ll ow h i gh li gh t

" bu ll e t.)

I 'v e r e t a i ned bo t

h o f t he o r i g i na l a tt

a c h m en t s i n t he be l ow e m a il t

h r ead

. A nd I a m a tt

a c h i ng he r

e t he EPA

t ab l e s u mm a ry upda t

ed " w i t h c o l o r & s had i ng " a s f

o ll ow s:

S H A D E D R OWS

- Y e t t o be r e s o l v ed. l

T he s e r

ep r e s en t t he i t e ms t ha t we unde rs t

and a r e r e m a i n i ng f

o r c l o s u r e

- ou t li ned i n t he 12 / 02

e m a il be l ow

- s pe c i f

i c a ll y

, i t e ms a s f o ll ow s:

- Av ena l : B & K

, D

, I

- EPA : H

, M 1 -M6

T he r e f o r e

, e v en t hough Av ena l 's r

ed li ne v e rs i on p r

e s en t s t he r e v i s i on o r c o mm en t

s t o t he abo v e

c o mm en t

s

, my unde rs t

and i ng i s t

ha t t he s e wou l d be a r

ea s f o r t o m o rr ow m o r n i ng 's d i sc u ss i on.

R E D T EX T

- My unde rs t and i ng i s t

ha t t he s e i t e ms ha v e been r

e s o l v ed / a r e a cc ep t ab l e. l

I 'v e c on f

i rm ed t he r eque s t ed r e v i s i on s (

e xc l ud i ng t

he abo v e " s haded r

ow " i t e ms) a r e i n c l uded i n

t he r ed li ne.

YE LL OW H IG HL IG H T

- I a m no t c l ea r i f t he t wo y e ll ow

- h i gh li gh t

ed i t e ms ha v e been r

e s o l v ed

. l

T he y a r

e:

1 ) IT EM G (c app i ng p i pe s)

- I don ' t ha v e my no t e s i n f r on t o f m e

, bu t i s i t t

ha t t he U S FW S

l anguage i n t

he d r a ft B O i s ** s t

anda r d**? If s o

, wou l d be good t o b r i ng up t

o Av ena l on t

he

c a ll.

2 ) IT EM L ( p r

o j e c t a cr e s 36 vs

. 31

. 9

)

- I n d i sc u ss i on w

i t h Av ena l a ft

e r t he i n i t i a l s u mm a ry

t ab l e wa s d i s t

r i bu t ed

, I r e c a ll t ha t T r a c e y m en t

i oned t he y wou l d ag r

ee t o t he o r i g i na ll y d r

a ft ed

36 a cr e s.

Unde r s epa r

a t e c o v e r

, I ' ll f

o r wa r d a p r opo s ed " s t

r aw m an " agenda f

o r t o m o rr ow 's c a ll

. M eanwh il e

, f

ee l f r ee

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- F

- 1338 -2

S u s an & S he ll e y,

W e ha v e r

e c e i v ed a c op y o f t

h i s i n f o rm a t i on f o r wa r ded t o y ou b y t

he A pp li c an t, Av ena l P owe r Cen t e r

, LLC (Av ena l )

.

P l ea s e no t

e t ha t we / EPA

, Reg i on 9

, ha v e **no t ** r e v i ewed Av ena l 's a tt

a c h m en t ( i n t

he be l ow e m a il )

. A t

t h i s t i m e

, we a r

e r e -s end i ng t

he i n f o rm a t i on we ha v e f

o r wa r ded t o y ou r o ff

i c e i n a p r

e v i ou s e m a il (

da t ed :

10 / 22 / 09

, S ub j e c t: 8

_ AEP (Av ena l ) : U S FW S Re f e r en c e Pr o j # : 81420

- 2008

- F

- 1338

- 2

).

S i n c e t hen

, we (J u li e W a l t

e rs

, EPA R9 's Pr

o j e c t A tt o r ne y and I ) ha v e t

a l k ed w i t h S he ll e y and i den t

i f i ed

t ha t t he f o ll ow i ng i t e ms r e m a i n ou t

s t and i ng f o r U S FW S

- ba s ed on t he " It e m " a l pha i n t

he abo v e EPA

a tt a c h m en t (r

e : D r a ft B O Co mm en t

s)

EPA It e ms f o r f u r t he r c on s i de r

a t i on / c l a r i f i c a t i on

It e m H

- M

ea s u r e s 17 & 19 t

o c on s e rv e k i t f

o x dens

It e ms M 1 -M6

Av ena l It

e ms f o r f u r t he r c on s i de r

a t i on and d i sc u ss i on

It e ms B & K

- Ac t

i on a r ea / E n v i r on m en t a l ba s e li ne and s e tt

i ng f o r k i t f o x c o rr i do r

/ s i gh t i ngs

It e m D

- Re s t

o r e t e m po r a ry d i s t u r bed a r ea s w / i n 24 -m on t

hs

It e m I

- 1

, 000 f

oo t bu ff er

F r o m t he l a s t t e l e c on f e r en c e c a ll w

i t h S he ll e y

, J u li e and m e

, we unde rs t and t ha t U S FW S i s a v a il ab l e on

12 / 23 t o d i sc u ss and l oo k t

o r e s o l v e t he abo v e i t

e ms w i t h t he f o ll ow i ng c on s i de r

a t i on s -

It e m H

- U S FW S t

o c on s i de r EPA r

eque s t t o r e v i s e l anguage

, and pe r hap s c on s o li da t e l

m ea s u r

e s 17 & 19.It e ms M 1 -M 6

- U S FW S t o c he ck w

i t h o t he r m anage m en t r

e : EPA's s ugge s t

ed r e v i s i on s t

o l

r e f l e c t m o r e a cc u r a t e l y t he en t i t y (Av ena l /

A pp li c an t r

a t he r t han EPA) r

e s pon s i b l e f

o r

c o m p li an c e de m on s t

r a t i on

, a s we ll a s t

he sc ope o f EPA's pe rm i t r egs

It e ms B & K

- U S FW S and Av ena l t o f u r t he r d i sc u ss l

It e m D

- U S FW S and Av ena l t o f u r t he r d i sc u ss l

It e m I

- 1

, 000 f

oo t bu ff e r

... U S FW S and Av ena l t o f u r t he r d i sc u ss ; U S FW S t

o c he ck f o r and l

p r o v i de o t he r e x a m p l e s o f whe r

e t he 1

, 000 f

oo t bu ff e r ha s been i n c l uded

W e l oo k f

o r wa r d ou r c on f

e r en c e c a ll i n a c oup l e o f wee ks

. W e unde rs t and t ha t Av ena l i n t

end s t o ha v e

t he i r l ega l r

ep w i t h t he m

. J u li e (

ou r p r o j e c t a tt o r ne y) and I w

ill be on t he 12 / 23 c a ll

. M

eanwh il e

, p l ea s e l e t

u s k now wha t e l s e we m a y do t o p r epa r e f o r ou r 12 / 23 m ee t i ng

. A nd i f y ou wou l d li k e t o t a l k p r i o r t

o t ha t,

j u s t l e t u s k now

.

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he p r o v i ded t o y ou a s a ha r d c op y t h i s m o r n i ng . T h i s r ed li ne c on t a i n s A v ena l P o w e r Cen t e r' s c o mm en t s

and i n t e r p r e t a t i on o f EPA' s c o mm en t s and i n c o r po r a t e s t he m i n t o t he r ed li ne.

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